Church truck



July 18, 1933.

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20 ing part of this specification, in which i of the collars hingedly engaged thelazy Patented July 18, 1933 I l l g I UNIT D STATES'YPATENT'OFFICEV- ARTHUR DOIIJGE, or WESTPORT, om'mmw *cHURcH TRUCK, l I Application med n 18,1932. Serial No. 18,041; 7

My present invention pertains to church f Mounted above the collars 10 are barrels 12 trucks viz casket trucks; such for instance, as. that carry the collars 1-3 adjustably mounted are employed by undertakers and the like, on the barrels'12bymeans of the set'screws and it contemplates the provision of a portl land arranged in the upper end'of thecol- 55 into a small and compact device and as readi- My novel device particularly pertains 'to ly and easily extended into its workingposi the construction now about to be described tion and when so extended will'conveniently andcomprises themanner in which rigidity lock and be retained insuch extended posiof the truckis increased by the novel manner l0 tion regardless of the amount of Weight'imin which the braces and lazy tongs of the posed upon the truck. truck are braced and hinged with respect to t The invention further contemplates the the collars of the standards. provision of re-enforcing collars in a church The construction clearlyshows the collars truck that may be easily and conveniently 7 at the lower end of the standards that are j .5 locked with regard to the standards thereof. provided each with sets of cars 16, 17, 18 and 65 Other objects of the invention will be fully 19Wl1ll8 the upper collars 11 are provided understood from the following description with the ears 20(an'd2'1. Secured to the ears I and claim when the same are read in connec- 16 of the collar 7 and in hinged relation are tion with drawings accompanying and formlazy tong bars 22 while the ears 21 and 20 0 Figure 1 is a side elevation of my novel tong bars 23. These lazytong members are church truck in its extended or working posithe long or side tongs while theend or short tion. lazy tong members are indicated by 24 and Figure 2 is a fragmentary view illustrating 25. These lazy tong members 24 and 25 are 5 the device in its working position. y engaged by the cars 21, Figure 2. The'up-f Figure 5 is a transverse vertical section lower ends tothe ears 19 of the collar 7.

Figure 3 is a side elevation of thetruck in per collar 13 .is also provided with ears 26 closed or collapsed position. and 27; the cars 26 having hinged thereto Figure 4is an endelevation illustrating the handle bars 28 that in turn engage the dedevice in its closed or collapsed position. pending bars 29 that are hinged at their 0 taken in the plane indicated by the line 5-5 The upper bar ears 27 hingedly engage the of Figure 3. bars 33 while at 3 L I provide the bars that Figures -6, 7 and 8 are horizontal sections engage ears 1,8 of the collar 7 as clearly illustaken in the planes indicated by thelines trated in Figure 5.

35 66, 77 and 88 respectively of Figure 5. Arranged in the bars 33 and 3 1 at the in t Similar numerals of reference designate ner end-thereof is a lockingdevice 32 that corresponding partsin all the views of the comprisestheheads 30 and 31. When the drawings. a V truck is in its inoperative position head 31v 9 7 The wheels 1 are mounted in bifurcated of the bars '33 is in a plane approximately "40 portions 2 that are provided at their upper that'of the heads 3 of the bifurcated por- 9 ends with heads 3 that terminate in truntions 2 while the head 30 of the bars-34 is nions 4 pivoted in ball bearings (not illusslightly higher than the feet 15 of thecollars trated) and arranged above the trunnions are 13.. When. the truck is in its operative a ball bearing collars 5 that in turn are'mountposition these heads are moved toward I ed below the collars 7 adjustably secured by each other and abut one another and Y95 set screws 8 on a male hollow standard 6. a thelocking device is turned by means of its The standards 6 are adapted to receive the handle clockwise whereby the pin at the lowfemale standards 9 that are provided with er end of the locking device will beat right collar 10 adj ustably secured to the standards angles to the position shown in Figure 3 9 by means of the set screws 11. I so that, it rests firmly under the head 31 thereby securely holding the heads 80 and 31 to each other and the truck as a whole locked position. v a

It will be gathered from the foregoing that the operator in manipulating the device merely places it anywhere in collapsed position and then by merely pushing downward on the locking device32 the heads and 31 are forced against and abut with respect to each to the position shown-in Figure 1 and then by merely turningvthe handle ofthe' locking device until the cross bar of the device is cross-way of the lower head 31 the entire device is securelylocked and collapse *5 of the truck is precluded;

I Particular attentionisiinvited tothe fact that my novel truck; is advantageous over the prior art becausethe length a'nd width of. the'truck is adjustable. :In otherwords when a small casket is to loe carried 011a truck adjustment of the collars with respect to the posts near the upper ends of the posts will shorten. the movement ofthe lazy tong barswhereas adjustmentpfthe collars by means of the set screws near the lower ends ed to: enter in telescopic manner the first post, adjustable collars,'mounted on the second posts, ears formed on the second collars. lazy tong bars secured to the sides and ends of the collars, other collars adjustably mounted on the upper end. of the second posts, feet mounted. in the lastnamed collars,

bars secured to the outwardly extending bars and hinged thereto and secured to the first collars and, a locking device arranged within thebars of the last collars and a handle rigidly vsecuring the locking. devicet-o prevent collapse of the truck incextended position. WARTHUR H. DOLGE 

